RED (2010)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2010
	Director: Robert Schwentke (Flightplan, The Time Traveler's Wife)
	Actors: Bruce Willis (Die Hard 1-5), Mary-Louise Parker (Red Dragon), Morgan Freeman (Deep Impact, Robin Hood), Karl Urban (The Lord of the Rings 1-3, Dredd), John Malkovich (Transformers 3)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Action
	Conditions of visioning: 23.06.2013, Blu-ray, 32" TV
Synopsis: A retired CIA agent (Willis) is attacked in his home but defeats his opponents. He will travel the country with a woman he just met (Parker) to meet other former agents (Freeman, Malkovich...) in order to understand who wants him dead.
Review: It seems fashionable nowadays to make a movie with ageing actors in action roles (The Expendables 1-2, all recent Stallone and Schwarzenegger movies). I guess it is just the time to use one last time the 80's action heroes. The character of Malkovich is the funniest and the others play well and generate a few comic situations, but why oh why is the only way to kill someone to shoot one millions bullet into the building/car/house in which he is hiding? That was not really adding anything to the otherwise interesting relationship between the old super-agents. The ideas on where to bring the heroes were pretty thin as well, and we end up seeing a road-movie, hopping from town to town with no really good reason expect to change a bit the lanscape, not even too much. The story and motivation of the characters is also confused at times. It is nice to see Karl Urban in something else than an SF epic (The Lord of the Rings, Riddick, Star Trek, Dredd) and he has a good role. By the way RED stands for Retired: Exremely Dangerous.
Rating: 4 /10